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A Story Beside

Wayward Prophet · 2022-05-24

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 26, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Step into the shoes of Lyric, the humble innkeeper in a quiet mountain village, as she reflects upon a lifetime of poignant memories, heartwarming friendships, and bittersweet choices — proving along the way that you don't have to slay dragons to be the hero of your own story.

A Story Beside is an Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2022, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (96% of 312 reviews).

0
playing now
96%
positive of 312 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (26 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.2k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 312 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2026-06-27) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620192026Week of 2019-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$4.492019-09-272026-07-092019-09-27 — best price $8.992022-02-14 — best price $8.992022-05-24 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-08-31 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $10.492022-12-22 — best price $9.742023-03-16 — best price $11.992023-06-29 — best price $8.992023-08-07 — best price $10.042023-11-22 — best price $10.492023-12-18 — best price $8.992024-03-14 — best price $8.992024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-11-27 — best price $5.992024-12-23 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $8.992025-06-28 — best price $5.992025-08-19 — best price $8.992025-10-03 — best price $7.492025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-03-20 — best price $7.492026-06-27 — best price $4.492026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
49.1%
earned "Out From The Door"
22.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8626%16

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CasualRomanceLife SimRPGMakerRelaxingTop-DownAdventureEmotionalStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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